here’s what you’ve been saying
Brian G on What it’s like to be in… BC on “There is no justice in… henry tapper on Is COVID-19 Seasonal? Robert on With the benefit of hindsight… James Souttar on Is COVID-19 Seasonal? El Sid on Is COVID-19 Seasonal? El Sid on Is COVID-19 Seasonal? Adrian Boulding on Is COVID-19 Seasonal? Eugen N on Lets stop kidding ourselves ab… ConKeating on Why more funding doesn’t… ConKeating on Why more funding doesn’t… ConKeating on Why more funding doesn’t… Eugen N. on With the benefit of hindsight… Eugen N on Why more funding doesn’t… Eugen N on Why more funding doesn’t…
Tag Archives: Nick Clegg
It’s a “no” to that Royal Charter from the Plowman
In case you are wondering, the views of the pension plowman are not necessarily those of First Actuarial and quite often aren’t. Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in Henry Tapper blog
Tagged Business, David Cameron, Downing Street, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Publishing, Punitive damages, Royal Charter
Leave a comment
Can pensions help you when you’re broke?
When I was a financial adviser, I often hear people say that they couldn’t afford to save into a pension. When I probed, this objection often boiled down to a fear that “tying up money” left people scared that in … Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in pensions, wonga, zopa
Tagged Business, Credit union, Loan, Money, Nick Clegg, pension, Wonga, Zopa
4 Comments
Who is Christopher Robin?
The act of reading these stories and poems is to step into Christopher Robin’s shoes and embrace a vlue system that has driven the governing class of Britian for two hundred years. You should try it sometime- it really is scary!
Continue reading
Share this:
Mittens- that wd stop em lootin
“More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition calling for anyone convicted of taking part in the riots to lose benefits they get” Thomas Hardy wrote a book of poems entitled “life’s little ironies”. He’d have seen the humour in … Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in Facebook, Nick Clegg, poetry, social media, twitter
Tagged Blackberry Messenger, Clapham, Facebook, Fatherhood, linked in, London riots, Looting, Monday Night Football, Nick Clegg, Pirates of Penzance, poetry, Politics, Rage against the Machine, social media, Society, Thomas Hardy, twitter
Leave a comment
“I just want to show the rich I can do what I want”
If that girl in Croydon and the thousands of disaffected rioters have done anything positive for me – they’ve got me thinking just how big the gap between me and them is. Perhaps I don’t feel quite as comfortable as I did a week ago.
Share this:
Posted in Nick Clegg, social media
Tagged Bob Dylan, Bridge, Crime, Croydon, croydon, England, Hoodie, London, London riots, Looting, Monday Night Football, Nick Clegg, Politics, Riot, social media, Society, Teresa May, twitter
2 Comments
A riot of my own
If you don’t get the reference , you probably didn’t grow up in the late 70s, but here’s White Riot by the Clash in case you thought waht we’ve seen over the past three nights is anything new.
Share this:
Unavoidable, necessary and futile – the fight for public sector pensions
Because the unions only speak for those they define as their own – they do not speak for me – nor I for them. Continue reading
Share this:
Posted in dc pensions, Liberal Democrats, NEST, Nick Clegg, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Bryn Davies, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, dc pensions, Dorset, Dorset County Council, Economics, John Denham, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party of Canada, Methodism, NEST, Nick Clegg, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Tony Benn, Trade union
1 Comment
Magnanimous in defeat
To all at Incisive – well done boys and girls- what would we do without you even if you could’nt run an election in Zimbabwe! Continue reading
Share this:
Coalition – come clean on your plan for our pension.
My criticism of the Green Paper is that while it is long on philosophising on the impact of longevity, the need for fairness and for personal responsibility, it’s short on idntifying the winners and losers in the process.
Share this:
Posted in NEST, Nick Clegg, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Consumer price index, Flat rate, Green paper, Hargreaves Lansdown, Means test, National Employment Savings Trust, National Insurance, NEST, Nick Clegg, Outsourcing, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Personal pension scheme, State Second Pension
6 Comments
